Razafindrakoto M. auteur aut IRD Csuzdi C. auteur aut IRD James S. auteur aut IRD Blanchart Eric auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access Investigation of earthworms collected in Madagascar resulted in the discovery of two new species belonging to the endemic family Kynotidae: Kynotus sihanakus and Kynotus sakafotsy spp. nov. In addition to the description of both new species, Kynotus voeltzkowi Michaelsen, 1897 and Kynotus schistocephalus Michaelsen, 1897 were recorded for the first time after the original description. DNA barcoding, provided here for the first time for species of Kynotidae, proved to be highly efficient in recognizing Kynotus species showing 100% bootstrap support for all the putative species analyzed. An identification key to the Kynotus species is provided to facilitate further researches on earthworms of this biodiversity hotspot specialized New species Barcoding Biodiversity hotspot Identification key MADAGASCAR 074 268 126-135 2017 0044-5231 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070274 10.1016/j.jcz.2016.08.001 0044-5231 [F B010070274] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070274 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2017/07/010070274.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2017-07-26 2018-01-02 fdi:010070274 fre